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It is vast in length: 1.8 million words, comprised of 512 Questions, 2,669 Articles, and roughly 10,000 objections and replies.
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'''Summa Theologica''' is a book by [[Thomas Aquinas]].  It is considered by many to be the most perfect and complete summary of [[Christian]] theology.
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'''Summa Theologica''' is a book by [[Thomas Aquinas]], written in 1265 and 1274.  It is considered by many to be the most perfect and complete summary of [[Christian]] theology.
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Written in the last dozen years of Thomas Aquinas's life, it fills about 3,000 pages of text and is considered one of the most influential works in [[Western civilization]].
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Written in the last dozen years of Thomas Aquinas's life, it fills about 3,000 pages of double-columned pages and is considered one of the most influential works in [[Western civilization]].  It is vast in length: 1.8 million words, comprised of 512 Questions, 2,669 Articles, and roughly 10,000 objections and replies.
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The Summa Theologica led Thomas Aquinas to a spectacular personal revelation during a [[Mass]], which caused him to stop writing altogether, and he died three months later without completing this masterpiece.
    
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